HitchHikingFlatlander Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Does anyone have an opinion of these two cards compared to eachother? Some backstory, I already own both cards so I can try one or the other with no financial issues! I'm not up to speed on PC hardware anymore so thanks for any suggestions. Hitch http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 The 8600GT is a generation ahead of the 1950 (assuming you mean the ATi x1950). The 8600GT is DX10 compatible while the x1950 is DX9 compliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAT_101st Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 DX10 means nuthing unless playing a DX10 game witch I thing he is not doing. Flight sims only Right bud. I would go with the 8600GT and with Ntune you can OC the card. Just go in small incroments and test wile watching the GPU temp. I added a extra fan in my case that points direttly at the vid card to keep cool air on, it Helps aloot. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealN Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) I added a extra fan in my case that points direttly at the vid card to keep cool air on, it Helps aloot. I have a 24cm fan aimed at my video card (plus some secondary air from the other 24cm fan aimed at my HDD). And yeah, that thing is cool. :D Edited April 25, 2009 by EtherealN [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yeah I think I'll swap them out then when I get a chance. I managed to grab three so my old PCs gonna go SLI (if possible) while the new one will go single 8600! Wish the new PC had dual PCIE slots....... dam! Thanks for the advice, got sidetracked for a few days and remembered I posted this lol! http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyby Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Yeah I think I'll swap them out then when I get a chance. I managed to grab three so my old PCs gonna go SLI (if possible) while the new one will go single 8600! Wish the new PC had dual PCIE slots....... dam! Thanks for the advice, got sidetracked for a few days and remembered I posted this lol! But wait! There's more: http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=513&card2=500 nice to be sure. ;) Flyby out The U.S. Congress is the best governing body that BIG money can buy. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekkinho Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Both GFx cards are strong enough to squeeze all the FPS you can get which means both GFx cards have no trouble running LOFC/BS in it's full feature! This also means that FPS are no more GFx dependant but CPU becomes your bottleneck! So IMHO, I'd go with DX10 card as it has some future for playing newer games that support Dx10...but don't expect better results with Dx10 GFX at least not in LOFC-BS! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugenjin Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 what kind of x1950 do you have? pro or xt(x)? in any case the 1950, even the pro version, is a lot more powerful than the 8600 gt, depending on the resolution about 20-30%, even faster than the 8600 gts. dx10 doesnt mean much, since the 8600 gt is too slow for it anyway. if you don't believe me, just google for benchmarks about the 8600gt and x1950. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 I have the pro but the max res I can get is 1024x768 due to the limitations to my projector. Its a win win situation either way because I have the cards already, just the chore of swapping them out to find out! I guess I need to get off my butt and do it. At least one machine is getting a makeover with 2 8600GTs in SLI (if it works). Thanks for all the help really appreciate it. EDIT: As for DX10 not really interested yet and don't want Vista. http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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